Mobile - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
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Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana

Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity

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16 May 2013
HBS Seminar

Robert Gierkink, Chairman, Datalogix

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

vehicle lineup, and began shifting the traditional automaker into a technology and mobility services company. This case highlights innovative elements of de Meo’s approach to leading change within an incumbent firm, including pulling... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion Social discord continues over Vietnam War and civil rights Watergate scandal... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

tools and functionality than do citrus farmers or stone fruit growers: Andersen questioned whether the company should try to build everything or just focus on its core mobility platform as a base layer and then invite others to build on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

thinking about the next step of my career. I’d learned a lot at Google while working on some of the biggest mobile apps and products in the world, getting exposure to thinking strategically, managing teams and having impact. However, I... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

should support their teammates in their personal development, no matter who they are or what their background. The Boston-based women’s technology company Ovia Health is the leading digital health platform in the United States for women and families, with some fourteen... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

February 2021
Case

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra and Christian Godwin

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Present Day , London, Routledge, 1996 Notes: 1993 Data was reported in 1992. 2003 Data was reported in 2000. Download Data Set in Excel Mobile Phone Subscriptions per 100 People The World Bank, “Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (per 100... View Details

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Teele Hall | About

Production Board and, later, was a member of the three-person team that developed the Industrial Mobilization Plan of 1947. In 1946, Teele was appointed Associate Dean at HBS and worked closely with Dean Donald K. David before succeeding... View Details

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

Mobilize Your Network CEO roles will rarely be posted on a job board, instead they are managed by Executive Search Firms. Therefore, networking will be critical to your search. Once you have identified the types of problems you are... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

relationship, whether it’s a provider, a pharmacy, or a patient, involves data, often mobile data on phones.” BlueCross has had to outsource more than 100 of its IT jobs, he adds—not to save money, but because positions can’t be filled... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

children and parents alike. “Our interests really aligned on early childhood education,” Mahajan says. Recognizing that more than 50 percent of Indians have smartphones—and that mobile internet penetration is high, even among low-income... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

mobilized to accomplish. Reassess available resources. The relaunch is a time to reexamine information, budgetary resources, and networks that will help the team advance its goals. Understand members’ constraints. A relaunch is an ideal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

working-class women about diminished possibilities for their husbands and sons to provide for their families. Many supporters’ families work in blue-collar occupations such as construction, transportation, and infrastructure; live in low View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

15 Feb 2024
News

Startup Shepherds

a mobile dental practice called Henry the Dentist. Jenny Fleiss, who launched Rent the Runway with cofounder Jenn Hyman (both MBA 2009) realizes now that they would have allocated their initial resources differently if they had recognized... View Details

Keywords: April White

Portrait Project

Arielle Anderson

I know what it’s like to have roommates who give me space to be myself in the safety of our home. I felt a comforting stillness when friends mobilized to support me when I lost my grandfather. And I’m humbled to have friends choose to... View Details

Research Summary

Why Do Consumers Contribute to Connected Goods? A Dynamic Game of Competition and Cooperation in Social Networks

Social network platforms and media rely on the voluntary contributions of individual users to stay relevant. Consumers (users) contribute content such as photographs, videos, tweets etc.: these are available to any of their friends or peers, but not... View Details

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

increased job churn (which will occur), with no significant gain or loss of jobs. The problem generally is that the benefits of globalization flow largely to investors and consumers while workers bear a disproportionate share of the costs, depending on how... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

effective way to mobilize nonvoters and persuade those who are undecided.” Getting the ground game right Candidates who accept the limited benefits of TV and shift resources to in-person outreach—whether by the candidate, a proxy, or a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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